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Collector

Albert Barre

J. M. Albert Barre

fl. 1870–1878 · France

French collector, active 1870–1878. Sold to Alessandro Castellani; gave to Wilhelm Froehner.

Life and work

  1. 16 May 1878 – 18 May 1878
    Sale of his collection (Greek antiquities, painted vases, Tanagra terracottas, Cypriote pottery and glass) at the Hôtel des Commissaires-Priseurs, rue Drouot, Paris; catalogue by Froehner; sale called 'vente Hoffmann'. Lot 142 was a Base Ring female figurine with child (Louvre MNB 1304).

    ParisMerrillees 1992, p. 6 n. 6Hellmann 1991

  2. 31 May 1878
    Offered Froehner a Cypriote terracotta from his collection (Froehner's diary, 31 May 1878); not found among the sale lots.

    ParisHellmann 1991

  3. 1878
    Berlin Antikensammlung lists Cypriote acquisitions of 1878 'aus Slg. Albert Barré'.

    BerlinRecke 2012

Connections

4 people
Wilhelm FroehnerHenri HoffmannAlessandro CastellaniEugène PiotAlbert Barre
Sales & giftsColleagues

Sales, gifts & bequests

Scholarship

Colleagues & contacts

Objects

  • Base Ring female figurine with child, said to be from Alambra (sale lot 142)

    From AlambraMusée du Louvre, deposited at Musée de la Castre, Cannes MNB 13041878Merrillees 1992, p. 6 n. 6Decaudin 1993

  • Three Black-on-Red flasks (Lyon E 152-1/-2/-3)

    Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon E 152-1, E 152-2, E 152-31878Yon 2012

  • Idalion jar with female-head (Cesnola publication); acquired by Barre, then Piot, Rollin, De Clercq (no. 563)

    From IdalionAshmolean Museum, Oxford 1974.4371869–1974Masson 1996, p. 11

On Ancient Cyprus

1 page

Sources

  1. 1.Marie-Christine Hellmann (1991). “W. Froehner et Chypre”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 16, 17-28. Online
  2. 2.Robert S. Merrillees (1992). “A Late Cypriote figurine with child from the Boysset Collection (now Sèvres Museum)”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 18, 3-7. Online
  3. 3.Marguerite Yon (2012). “Les antiquités chypriotes du musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 42, 181-. Online
  4. 4.Matthias Recke (2012). “Deutschland und das antike Zypern. Beiträge zur Geschichte einer archäologischen Disziplin”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 42.
  5. 5.Antoinette J. Decaudin (1993). “Musée de Cannes. Chypre dans l'antiquité. Catalogue”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 19. Online
  6. 6.Olivier Masson (1996). “La dispersion des antiquités chypriotes: les deux collections Cesnola”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 25, 3-32. Online